Meet P&G Thank You Mom Athlete Ambassador Benoît Huot

Canadian Paralympic swimmer Benoît Huot and his mom have partnered with P&G on the road to the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

Benoît Huot is proud to be a member of P&G’s “Thank You Mom” team, along with his mom Lucie Huot.

In the last 15 years, Benoît Huot has become one of Canada's most decorated Paralympic athletes with 19 medals in four Paralympic Games. A member of the Canadian national team since 1998, he has won 29 medals in four World Championships, besting more than 50 world records in his category. In 2004, he was the swimming male athlete with the most medals at the Paralympic Games in Athens with six medals – five of which were gold. He is always very involved in various causes involving youth, the next generation and sport. He is an ambassador for Right to Play Foundation and has even created his own the Benoît Huot Foundation. It aims to help young athletes who hope to participate one day in the Paralympic Games.

Benoît is a big believer in the “Thank You Mom” program as he recognizes the huge role his mom played in allowing him to achieve so much international sporting success. When Benoît was growing up and still today, he and his mom used a variety of P&G products including Pantene, Bounty and Dawn – relying on them to perform so that he could focus on achieving athletic success and she could focus on being there for him.